With less than a week to go before Election Day, about 1.1 million Colorado voters have already turned in ballots, according to state election data released Wednesday.

Registered Republicans in the state were slightly ahead of Democrats in casting mail-in ballots. The statewide tally of 1,150,698 includes 439,269 Republican; 404,870 Democrats; and 295,122 independents.

The total early tab in Denver was 119,419, with 68,204 Democrats having voted, compared to 21,483 Republicans. The unaffiliated count in Denver was 28,099.

Jefferson County residents had tabulated the most early ballots statewide, with a total of 153,072. In Jefferson County, Republican voters have edged out Democrats by a count of 58,151 to 51,991; with independent voters turning in 41,626 ballots.

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